toilet powder

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noun

a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.

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Origin of toilet powder

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby toilet powder

toile, toile de Jouy, toilet, toilet bowl, toilet paper, toilet powder, toiletry, toilet seat, toilet set, toilet soap, toilette

How to use toilet powder in a sentence

Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
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Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.
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Rogen refuses to share his toilet paper with Franco, and then they run into trouble starting a fire.
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He was in the bathroom, perhaps trying to flush some pot down the toilet, when a cop burst in.
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By this time there were three of us outside the toilet and one of us ran to get security.
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The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
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The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
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A pair of thin trousers and a shirt hanging down outside instead of being tucked in at the waist, and his toilet is made.
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Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.
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When first seen it is said to have had a pasty consistency, but on exposure to the air it dried and crumbled into powder.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones